#198 USA 2007/03/10

This USA cover was posted in Hellertown, Pennsylvania, on March 10, 2007.

The right commemorative stamps depict the “largest frog” (the American Bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana) and the “largest reptile” (the American Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis).

#197 Pakistan 09/04/07

Malik sent me this beautiful cover from Pakistan, thank you! It was posted in Karachi on April 7, 2009.

The cover is a FDC, which was issued on March 23, 2009, and commemorates the “National Year of Environment”.

#196 Myanmar 09/03/17

I received my first cover from Burma/Union of Myanmar on March 17, 2009.

I find this cover very interesting although I hardly can tell something about it. I do not know where it was posted. I hardly could decipher the posting date.  Does anybody know what the black cancel with added number “35″ means?

It is funny, that my Burmese friend located Austria within Eastern Europe.

The back of the cover has attached eight stamps: seven à 5 kyat depicting the myanmar xylophone and one 50 kyat stamp depicting the shan pot drum.

#195 Uruguay 09/09/24

My first cover from Uruguay was sent to me by Pablo, thank you! It was posted in Montevideo on September 24, 2009.

The left two stamps depict the plant Feijoa (Acca sellowiana), the right triangle stamp commemorates the plant Tessaria absinthioides.

#194 Czech Republic 09/10/13

This beautiful cover from the Czech Republic was sent to me by Milan, thank you!

The two stamps depict a painting resp. an engraving of Antonín Chittussi (1847-1891) and Lucas van Leyden (1494-1533).

The cover was cancelled with a special postmark “100 Let Ob Rekonstrukce Hlavní Pošte” (100 Years Since the Reconstruction of the Main Post Office) in Prag on October 13, 2009.

#193 Algeria 09/02/08

Ouari sent me this beautiful registered cover from Sétif (Algeria), thank you!

The cover and stamps (issued on January 4, 2009) commemorate the 200th birthday of Louis Braille (1809-1852).

#192 Macedonia 09/04/21

On April 21, 2009, I received this beautiful cover from Skopje, Macedonia. It was sent to me by Goran, thank you!

The two left stamps depicting an anvil and a horseshoe were issued on January 21, 2009. The two right stamps depicting horses were issued on April 15, 2009.

#191 India 09/01/12

Shrikant sent me this nice cover from Palanpur, India. It was posted on January 12, 2009.

The left stamp was issued on August 2, 2008, and depicts the Aldabra Giant Tortoise (Geochelone gigantea). The middle stamp was issued on October 7, 2008. It wishes a “Happy Deepavali“. Finally, the right two stamps are part of the set “Renewable Energy” (issued on November 22, 2007).

Thank you for the nice cover!

#190 Taiwan 09/02/26

This beautiful FDC from Taiwan was sent to me by H. P. H., thank you very much!

It was issued on February 26, 2009 (Taiwanese year 98), and commemorates the shells of four different mollusks: Strombus sinuatus, Hydatina amplustre, Cymatium hepaticum, and Mitra mitra.

#189 Belarus 09/08/06

In August I received a parcel from Minsk, Belarus. It was posted on August 6, 2009, and has attached three definitives. The left stamp depicts the European Pine Marten (Martes martes L.).